By the Numbers: The wealth gap in Canada

By the Numbers: the wealth gap in Canada Ottawa – August 10, 2018 – The wealth gap between the 86 richest families in Canada and the rest of us is growing at alarming rate, according to a staggering new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). A major factor in Canada’s rapidly growing wealth gap is our country’s lack of an inheritance tax on high worth estates (more than $5 million).

For more on the growing wealth gap in Canada, check out a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives called Outrageous Fortune: Documenting Canada's Wealth Gap.